Rise of Myriad Magic Emperor

Chapter 74: Devil Peak

Kai was sitting on a bench and reading various types of magic books. After forming his non-attribute magic origin, Master Daoma finally allowed him to start practicing other types of magic.

One month has passed since Yakto was defeated and all the cult members have been captured. The Buraford Kingdom was still in the middle of recovering from the calamity.

Among the regions that were affected by it, the Western region had it the worst.

All of Duke William's castle and Rio city became ruins.

People who turned back to normal from being undead found that their lives have turned upside down. Some even had to start from the beginning, but at least they were alive. Those whose body was damaged beyond a certain point couldn't be revived and died.

The worst hit was that Yakto's minions were powerful and influential nobles. It seemed like his minions had first targeted the nobles of each region, resulting in great damage to their core strength. It would most likely take ten to twelve years to recover and return to their original state. Unfortunately, the Duke families of the Southern, Northern and Western regions had died and couldn't be revived from too much damage to their body. The only surviving members were those that were not present during the calamity.

As for the three princes, Simon, Markus and Maximus, they had returned back to normal. It seems like Simon's body had been controlled by Yakto for a long time and was used as a carrier while he looked for a perfect body. He was taking responsibility for Yakto's actions. 

Simon gave up on his status as a prince and journeyed throughout the kingdom, helping people who suffered due to his carelessness any way he can, even though Yami told him to not blame himself and let him alone.

It turned out the undead commanders that were seen besides Yakto during the battle were Markus and Maximus.

Maximus gave up on the competition for the throne and decided to protect the northern boundary from invaders and left as soon as he found out that the North's tribal groups were attacking again.

As for Markus, he became mentally unstable due to Yakto and it was decided that he couldn't compete, so, by default, Kai won the competition.

A week later, the Radiant Empire's troops finally arrived but only to find out that nothing is there to be done. They decided to head back but first asked someone to come with them to represent Buraford Kingdom and explain about the whole incident. They also informed them that the Radiant Church had offered to give a chance to faith well, so they had to pick a candidate who'll get the opportunity to use magic well.

In the end, Diana chose to go, saying that she had hit the bottleneck between the Magic Knight and Magic Champion realm, so she needed to draw the support from a faith well from the Radiant Church.

Kai was surprised to hear that, after only two months had passed, she had reached from the first layer to the peak of the Magic Knight stage.

However, she still hadn't returned after two weeks.

According to Master Daoma, a faith well is a mystical creation born from the gathering of millions of people and it could be used for various purposes. To fulfill one's wish, they will have to complete the task and conditions given by it. 

The task was created with the power of fate, therefore destiny would guide them to fulfill one's wish and could influence their memories and personalities until the task was finished. Of course, there were limitations to its power so it can't guide you if your wish couldn't be fulfilled with the current power of faith.

As for why Diana needed to use the faith well, it was to breakthrough to Magic Champion. It was related to her tribulations.

Due to the current limit of laws, when a magic user breaks through to Magic Champion, they would face magic law tribulations and had a high chance of dying when passing them, so she had to draw support from it. As for Yami's case, he faced the heart demons type tribulations, which he defeated easily.

"Hope she completes her task successfully and returns safely," said Kai as he looked outside through the window.

[Radiant Empire]

The Holy palace of the Radian Empire was the place where the imperial family lived and where all orders and laws came from.

In the throne room, there was a man with a long white beard and a face full of wrinkles. He was wearing loose golden brown clothes and had a golden crown on his head. He was sitting on his throne as he listened to the minister standing before him.

The man was Emperor Josif Vermillion. He was the current ruler of the Radiant Empire and a half Magic Commander stage magic user.

"Your Majesty, after going through the faith well's task, Diana has successfully completed her guidance."

Hearing that, Josif nodded and smiled. "That's good. With this, we have solved two problems with one solution. Now the Radiant Church can't use the faith well for ten years."

The minister also smiled.

The struggle between the church and the imperial family for the authority and control over the empire had gone on for many years. After the disappearance of Saint Maya, who was the emperor's step-sister and was known as the absolute ruler of the Empire, the struggle had increased. The church's power was now on the dominating side, increasing year by year, while the imperial family was on the decline. It was only due to Emperor Josif that the Radiant Church didn't dare to openly fight and challenge the power of the imperial family.

"Buraford Kingdom's calamity gave us a reason to force the church to use the faith well for them, but I never thought that the kingdom would have a character like Diana, aside from Yami who is already at a peak Magic Knight. 

If Buraford didn't face Emperor Yakto, they could have become more powerful and lived up to its name as the strongest under the three Empires, but now hehehehehehe... They can no longer be so."

Hearing Josif, the minister nodded.

With a curious tone, Josif continued, "I am surprised that the Romans Kingdom has not attacked Buraford, they've been enemies for many years now."

"About that, Emperor, it seems like they are facing attacks from magic beasts from the Forbidden Forest. It's really strange this time as if the beasts are deliberately attacking them. Even the Chaos Empire has sent troops to help them."

Hearing that, the Emperor got lost in deep thoughts, but he couldn't find any reason for the magic beasts' actions."What about the magic user who defeated Yakto and turned all the undead back to normal. Have you found any information about who he is?" asked Josif."No Your Majesty, our investigation team still has not found any information about the mysterious magic user."Hearing that, Josif remained silent. "In the ancient records of the Empire, it is said that Emperor Yakto is a powerful Darkness attribute user. To defeat him and undo the curse of Emperor Yakto, that person cannot be weaker than him. Who can this person be and why haven't I ever heard of him? What reason is the reason for him to help Buraford Kingdom?"

Thinking about it, Josif sighed.

"Continue the investigation." The minister nodded.

"Now leave, I will like to have some time alone."

Hearing that, the Minister bowed down and was about to leave the throne room when he heard Josif question.

"What guidance did Diana receive?"

Turning around, the Minister said, "The guidance she received only had the two words, Devil Peak."

"You may leave," Josif nodded.

The Minister nodded and left the throne room.

In the throne room, with no one else left, Josif stood up and put down the golden crown from his head and closed his eyes to rest as he muttered, "Devil Peak, I have not heard those words for a long time. I hope she gives up as no one has ever returned back alive after going to that place."